On Collective Memory
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
On Collective Memory
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Representing Reality
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
An overview of the different traditions in constructionist thought. This book provides an integrated account, both showing how descriptions are made factual by the use of specific procedures and offering a guide for future research on these issues.
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The Irish-American in Popular Culture 1945-2000
Publisher: Irish Academic Press Ltd
Focuses on popular culture and cultural practices relevant to the process of diasporic identity formation, eg film, television, genealogy research, cultural tourism and material culture such as souvenirs and 'luxury' Irish products. This book provides an examination of a range of popular cultural forms and practices during the later 20th century.
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Hello, I'm Special
Publisher: City Lights Books.,U.S.
Hal Niedzviecki has a blunt message for the army of tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, bloggers, skateboard warriors, and anyone else walking around with the smug certainty that they are one of a kind: individuality is the new conformity.Niedzviecki offers up a barrage of facts, observations, and arguments that point to the extinction […]
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Born in Flames: Termite Dreams, Dialectical Fairy Tales, and Pop Apocalypses
Publisher: Harvard University Press
From the scorched-earth works of action-movie provocateurs Seijun Suzuki and Sam Peckinpah to the cargo cult soundscapes of Pere Ubu and the Czech dissidents Plastic People of the Universe, this work looks at the the passions and disruptive power of art.
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Foucault, Sport and Exercise
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book explores how Foucauldian theory can inform our understanding of the body, domination, identity and freedom as experienced through sport and exercise. The book considers cultures and experiences in sports, exercise and fitness, coaching and health promotion.
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Science and Citizens: Globalization and the Challenge of Engagement
Publisher: Zed Books
This book brings together for the first time authors from diverse experiences and analytical traditions, encouraging a conversation between science and technology and development studies around issues of science, citizenship and globalisation. It reflects on the nature of expertise; the framing of knowledge; processes of public engagement; and issues of rights, justice and […]
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Dance, Modernity and Culture
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
By examining the development of modern dance in the USA in the inter-war period, Thomas develops a framework for analysing dance from a sociological perspective. She applies her approach to, among others, St Denis, Ted Shawn, and Martha Graham.
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Consumption in an Age of Information
Publisher: Berg Publishers
We live in an age when consumption and consuming have come to define us. Consumption, now a global phenomenon, is so dominant it allows little room for alternatives. At the same time, information and digitization have become all-pervasive in our media culture. As ever greater aspects of the world have come to be […]
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Understanding Celebrity
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
The pervasive influence of contemporary celebrity, and the cultures it produces, has been widely noticed. This book provides an overview of the production and consumption of celebrity from within cultural and media studies. It is useful for students of media and cultural studies.
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